Part 9

Categories are not mutually exclusive. Some poems are followed by bracketed text indicating humor and/or other descriptions.

accountability ancestors attitude behavior character community consolation duty electricity entertainment evolution faith fashion fellowship fortitude God grace gratitude heart heaven home hope legacy life love military mortality nature parenting patriotism people prayer sorrow special occasions success talent teaching thought time values war

accountability Charge Account [fate] The Section Foreman [train]

ancestors The Flag at Sea [patriotism; immigration; ship] Old-Fashioned Pictures

attitude A Perfect Day Sing a Little Song The Wealth of Cheer

behavior The Fabulous City [speculation] Film Judgment [humor; theater] Knocking [humor; car] The Modern Pupil [humor; insubordination] A Psalm of the Movies [humor; theater] The Umbrella Mender [procrastination]

character Almost The Bantams [humor; fauna; confidence] The Chameleon [fauna; integrity] The Close-Up [duplicity] The End of the Trail [service] The Handicap [adversity] His Epitaph [compassion] In Conference [humor; haughtiness] Iron [potential] I Want [greed] Jim [honor] Prayer for Normal Men The Tree [corruption, flora] A Trouble Making World [self] Two Princes [self; sacrifice]

community Along the Road [service] Magi and Shepherd [equality] The Radio Neighborhood [connection] Team-work [farm, teamwork]

consolation It Might Be Worse My Little Fire

duty Doing It Well The Engineer [train] The Lucky Man

electricity The City’s Nerves Cupid’s Lament [humor] Electricity [lightning; anthropomorphic] An Electric Personality [humor; pun] Enslaved Lightning [humor] The Harness [humor] The High Tension Line [anthropomorphic; miracle] Jove’s Plaint [humor; anthropomorphic] The Serving Giant

entertainment After-Images [theater] The Magic of the Screen [theater] Picture Books [theater] The Picture’s Lament [humor; theater; anthropomorphic] The Shadow World [theater] The Trouble with the Movies [humor; theater] The Window of Dreams [theater]

evolution The Electric Spark [creation] Evolution [humor; technology] The Firefly [fauna] Picture Writing [theater]

faith Credo Faith v1928 The Gateway of the Kingdom The Happy Ending The Man Who Knows Sight and Faith The Things That I Believe

fashion The Question v1926 [humor]

fellowship Brotherhood [equality] Fade-Outs [memory] The Gifts of the Church Heart Gates The Mixture [diversity]

fortitude Climaxes v1923 The Cross v1927 Have You Tried? The Rooster [humor; fauna] The Second Wind [car] Walking with God

God The Creator [omnipresence] Flowers Are Thoughts of God [flora] The God of the Beginning [Providence] God’s Garden Imminence The Voices of God What Does It Matter? [Providence]

grace The Divine Image Freedom v1928 The Open Soul

gratitude Childhood on the Farm Compensation The Cry of a Human The Gift of the Farm God of To-Day A Grace for Meals A Prayer Thankfulness [flora] Thanksgiving v1927 Thanksgiving v1930

heart The Age of a Heart Finding God [nature] The King [Jesus Christ] No Room in the Inn Our Hearts Forget Sunsets for Sale [humor]

heaven The Land of Heart’s Desire The Making of Heaven My Father’s House Where Is Heaven?

home Coming and Going [train] Home v1921 Home v1925 The Making of Home The Temple [reverence] Their First Meal Wander Lust

hope Climaxes v1921 [theater] A Day at a Time The Easter Message [resurrection] An Easter Vision [resurrection] Hope The New Year The Open Tomb [resurrection] The Outcome [theater] Roads v1925 The Unknown Soldier [war] Via Dolorosa

legacy Domsie Life Monuments [angel] The Pioneer v1928

life The Great Adventure The Lens [theater] Light and Shadow [theater] Patchwork Pictures The Railroad [train] Shadows v1921 [theater] Shadows on the Wall [theater] The Station [train] The Sunbeam and the Shadow [theater] Sunshine and Shade Today and Tomorrow Why We Are Here

love Palm Sunday v1925 Transforming Love

military The Marine The Recruit [humor; navy] The Watchdog of the Sea [navy; ship]

mortality When the Curtain Falls [theater] The World’s Drama [theater]

nature Blossoms [flora] The Earth’s Plaint [anthropomorphic; technology] God and Spring God’s Manners Miracle Song of the Dove [fauna] Sunsets for Sale [humor] Voices of the Dawn

parenting The Children v1921 The Children v1925 The Heart of a Child The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll His Great Hour A Parents’ Prayer v1922 The Problem

patriotism The Flag at Sea [ancestors; immigration; ship] My Riches The Stars and Stripes for Me

people Gutenberg, Johannes Starting Things [humor] Jesus Christ The Easter Message [hope] An Easter Vision [hope] If Christ Is Not Divine The King [heart] Magi and Shepherd [community] No Room in the Inn [heart] The Open Tomb [hope] The Outcome [hope] Palm Sunday v1925 [love] Two Princes [character] Via Dolorosa Moses “I am not eloquent” [talent] Thales of Miletus How It Started [thought]

prayer Child’s Prayer [nighttime] Credo [faith] God of To-Day [gratitude] A Grace for Meals [gratitude] Hagar’s Song [trust] Morning Prayer [petition] A Parents’ Prayer v1922 [parenting; nighttime] A Prayer [gratitude] Prayer for Normal Men [character] A Prayer for Thanksgiving [mercy] The Problem [parenting] Sanctuary

sorrow The Dream “I held a sea shell to my ears” The Red Bird Sorrow

special occasions birth of a child The Children v1925 [parenting] The Future [time] The Heart of a Child [parenting] The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll [parenting] Christmas No Room in the Inn [heart] Earth Day The Earth’s Plaint [nature] The Firefly [evolution] God and Spring [nature] God’s Manners [nature] Miracle [nature] Song of the Dove [nature] Voices of the Dawn [nature] Easter (see Hope) Flag Day (see Patriotism) funeral The Making of Heaven [heaven] Monuments [legacy] Roads v1925 [hope] Sorrow When the Curtain Falls [mortality] Independence Day (see Patriotism) Labor Day (see Duty) Martin Luther King Day Team-work [teamwork] Memorial Day The Grey Host [war] Memorial Day v1929 The Unknown Soldier [hope] National Inventors’ Day (Feb 11) Inventive Genius [thought] Starting Things [thought] National Static Electricity Day (Jan 9) How It Started [thought] Naturalization The Flag at Sea [ancestors; patriotism] The Mixture [fellowship] New Year’s Day The New Year [hope] Thanksgiving (see Gratitude) Valentine’s Day Cupid’s Lament [electricity] Veterans Day (see also Military) Jim [character] The New Day [war]

success The Day’s Success [positive impact] The Secret [initiative and perseverance] Success [joy and love] Success and Failure [happiness]

talent “I am not eloquent” The Rulers of the Earth [women; farm]

teaching The Builder v1924 The Builders The Pupil The Teacher v1921 The Teacher v1922 The Teacher v1923 The Teacher’s Reward Two Teachers

thought How It Started [discovery] Inventive Genius [humor] The Magic Gateway [books] Minds Si Gidders [humor] The Silent Drama [theater] Starting Things [humor] What Do You Know? [humor]

time The Clock [humor] A Day at a Time [hope] The Future [children] The Road to Tomorrow

values A Call for Substitutes A Creed Let Us Be Right The Measure of Life Requisition True Values Two Youths “Whatever he may wish or plan”

war Battle Hymn The Grey Host [peace] The New Day [peace] A Price Unpaid

APPENDIX 3: UPDATES & REVISIONS WITH 2ND EDITION

Eighteen poems were added to the second edition:

A Call for Substitutes (1922) It Might Be Worse (1923) Blossoms (1925) The Easter Message (1925) Thanksgiving v1927 The Pioneer v1928 The Recruit (1928) Sunshine and Shade (1928) The Red Bird (1929) The Road to Tomorrow (1929) God and Spring (1930) The Handicap (1930) The Mixture (1930) Sunsets for Sale (1930) Thanksgiving v1930 Two Teachers (1930) Two Youths (1930) What Do You Know? (1930)

Here are the other changes. The named edition has been moved from the front cover to the interior front matter and to a new list of editions. The index incorporates three changes. First, the categories have been collected at the beginning of the index and linked to their respective locations within the index. Second, Naturalization is a new subcategory under special occasions. Third, some bracketed descriptors have been added and others revised. The appendix of inaccessible poems now includes the poems.

APPENDIX 4: INACCESSIBLE POEMS

This collection of poetry is incomplete for a couple of reasons. First, there may be poems unknown to the transcriber. Second, some publications for known poems within the date range of this edition are inaccessible. Here are the inaccessible poems published in 1930 or earlier:

“The Age of the Heart.” _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 15 No. 1. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Jan 1925. p. 37. This poem’s last line is cutoff. HathiTrust’s scans are stamped with “University of Michigan” (UM). A UM librarian confirmed for me that the bottom of their physical copy is cutoff.

“Maker of the Country.” This poem allegedly appeared in promotional literature for Mattituck and Eastern Long Island realty circa 1920.

“Nothing Like the West.” _Western Story Magazine_. Vol. 48 No. 2. Street & Smith Corp., Dec 6, 1924. p. 42

“An Outdoor Prayer.” _Western Story Magazine_. Vol. 76 No. 4. Street & Smith Corp., Mar 10, 1928. p. 94

“When Bill Went West.” _Far West Illustrated_. Vol. 4 No. 6. Street & Smith Corp., Jul 1927. p. 129

“The Yes Man.” _Columbia_. Vol. 9 No. 2. New Haven: Knights of Columbus, Sep 1929. p. 40